redevelopment
Americannoun
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the act or process of redeveloping.
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an often publicly financed rebuilding of an urban residential or commercial section in decline.
Etymology
Origin of redevelopment
First recorded in 1870–75; re- + development
Example Sentences
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Initial plans are focusing on key areas, including a proposed civic redevelopment site with a community center, municipal buildings, and affordable housing, as well as an industrial zone near Comox Lake.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
The smaller V&A East Museum, which launched last month, completed the redevelopment of East London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, site of the 2012 Games, into East Bank, a municipally funded “cultural quarter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
That practice came to an end last year when work began to gut the old monolith in preparation for it conversion to housing as the centerpiece of a health-themed redevelopment of the 42-acre Eastside campus.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Citadel is behind the redevelopment of a building in midtown Manhattan that will reportedly cost more than $6 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Archaeologists today must learn what they can when some parcel of land is briefly exposed by redevelopment.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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